Text Critical Issues in Ezra-Nehemiah, in Brad Kelle and Brent Strawn, eds., The Oxford Handbook on the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible, Oxford University Press, in press.

What the Aramaic Documents Tell Us about the Achaemenid Administration of Empire, in J. Ma and C. Tuplin, eds. Arshama’s Peoples (Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents, Oxford University Press), in press.

Cyrus, Darius, and the House of the God Who Dwells in Jerusalem. In Kamyar Abdi, ed. Ō Šābuhr kē čihr az yazdān dāšt: Essays in Memory of A. Shapur Shahbazi (Tehran and Persepolis: Iran University Press and Parsa-Pasargadae Research Foundation), in press.

With Edward J. Mills, ‘The Image of the Messiah in Isaiah and Its Influence on Deuterocanonical Literature’, in Kristen de Troyer, ed., The Book of Isaiah in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (DCLY; de Gruyter, in press).

The Construction of Public Works in the Persian Empire: Nehemiah’s Wall as a Test Case. Transeuphratène, in press.

Textual History of Ezra-Nehemiah, in Textual History of the Bible, Vol. 1C (ed. Armin Lange and Emanuel Tov; Leiden: Brill, 2017), 603-609.

No King in Judah? Mass Divorce in Judah and in Athens, in C. Waerzeggers and J. Silverman, eds., Political Memory in and after the Persian Period (Ancient Near Eastern Monographs 13; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2015), 381-402.

Sukkot in Ezra-Nehemiah and the Date of the Torah, in thetorah.com. May 21, 2015.

The Torah of God as God: The Exaltation of the Written Law Code in Ezra-Nehemiah. In Nathan MacDonald and Izaak de Hulster, eds. Divine Presence and Absence in Exilic and Post-Exilic Judaism, Studies of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group on Early Jewish Monotheism (FAT; Mohr Siebeck, 2013), 283-300.

The Role of the Governor in Persian Imperial Administration. In A. F. Botta, ed.; In the Shadow of Bezalel: Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; Leiden, Brill), 2013:319-31.

Another Look at 1 Esdras: The Law Triumphant. In Jacob L. Wright, David Clines and Kent Richards, eds. Making a Difference: Essays in Honor of Tamara C. Eskenazi, , (Sheffield: Sheffield-Phoenix Press), 2012:132-38.

Ezra’s Use of Documents in the Context of Hellenistic Rules of Rhetoric. In I. Kalimi, ed. A New Perspective on Ezra-Nehemiah: Story and History, Literature and Interpretation, (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns), 2012:11-26.

The Artaxerxes Correspondence of Ezra 4, Nehemiah’s Wall, and Persian Provincial Administration, in A. M. Maeir, J., Magness, and L. H., Schiffman, eds., ‘Go Out and Study the Land’ (Judges 18:2): Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel. Supplement to the Journal for the Study of Judaism. (Leiden: Brill), 2011:35-58.

Why the Story of the Three Youths? In eadem, ed. Was 1 Esdras First? An Investigation into the Nature and Priority of 1 Esdras. (SBL Symposium Series; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature), 2011: 79-88.

Something There is That Doesn’t Love a Wall: The Crisis Created by the Wall Around Jerusalem. Transeuphratène 39 (2010) 77-87.

Because of the Dread Upon Them – Fear and Uncertainty in the Persian Empire. In John Curtis and St John Simpson (eds), The World of Achaemenid Persia: History, Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East (Proceedings of a conference at the British Museum 29th September – 1st October 2005), (London: IBTauris Press), 2010: 457-69.

Temple Building in Ezra 1-6. In M. J. Boda and J. R. Novotny (eds.).From the Foundations to the Crenellations: Essays on Temple Building in the Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible ( AOAT, 2010) 319-338.

From Xeno- Philia to -Phobia – Jewish Encounters with the Other. In Y. Levin, A Time of Change: Judah and its Neighbors During the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods (London: T&T Clark, 2007), 179-204.

Did Second Temple High Priests Possess the Urim and Thummim? Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Volume 7: Article 3 (2007).

The House of the God Who Dwells in Jerusalem. Review article of P. Bedford’s Temple Restoration in Early Achaemenid Judah, 2001, and of J. Schaper’s Priester und Leviten im achaëmenidischen Juda, 2000,” in JAOS 126 (2006) 89-102.

Historians Can Use the Scientific Method. Transeuphratène 31, 2006, 125-27.

The ‘Am Hā’āretz in Ezra 4:4 and Persian Imperial Administration, in O. Lipschits and M. Oeming, eds. Judah and Judaeans in the Achaemenid Period (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2006), 123-45.

The High Places (Bāmôt) and the Reforms of Hezekiah and Josiah: An Archaeological Investigation. Journal of the American Oriental Society 122 (2002): 437-65.

The Political Struggle of Fifth-Century Judah. Transeuphratène 24 (2002): 61-73.

You Shall Appoint Judges: Ezra’s Mission and the Rescript of Artaxerxes, in J. W. Watts, Persia and Torah: The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch, SBL Symposium Series (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001): 63-89.

Review of J. Blenkinsopp’s Judaism: The First Phase. The Place of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Origins of Judaism (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), JAOS 131.2 (2011) 308-9.

Review of K. M. Stott, Why Did They Write This Way? Reflections on References to Written Documents in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Literature. (Library of Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament Studies 492; New York: T&T Clark, 2008), JHS (2010)Vol. 10.

Review of Rethinking the Foundations. Historiography in the Ancient World and in the Bible. Essays in Honour of John Van Seters, S. McKenzie, T. Roëmer, and H. Schmid, Eds. (De Gruyter), JAOS, 122, (2002): 135-36.

Review of Leadership, Social Memory and Judean Discourse in the Fifth-Second Centuries bce. Edited by Diana V. Edelman and Ehud Ben Zvi. Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean: Equinox, 2016. $100, hardback; $29.95, paperback; to appear in JHS.

“Allotment of Depopulated Land in the Achaemenid Empire,” Invited Address, European Society of Biblical Studies, Leipzig, July 2013.

“Inside a Persian Garrison: Achaemenid Egypt as Seen through the Elephantine Papyri.” Invited address, Conference on Arshama and Achaemenid Egypt. Oxford, UK, July 5-7, 2011.

“The Role of Empire in the Authorization of Torah-Law.” Invited address, SBL-International Meeting, London, July, 2011.

“Did YHWH Dwell in the Second Temple?” Invited address, Conference on Reflecting upon Divine Presence and Absence in the Exile and Persian Period (Göttingen, May 12-15 2011).

“Persian Administration of Empire: The Egyptian and Bactrian Evidence.” Invited addresses at the Universität Freiburg, Freiburg Switzerland, and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany, May 2011.

“Ezra ben Seraiah, Emissary of the Great King: Torah, Data’, and the Mission of Ezra.” Invited Address, Conference in Honor of Baruch A. Levine, New York University, Nov. 8, 2010

“Implications of 5th and 4th Century Documents for Understanding the Role of the Governor in Persian Imperial Administration.” Invited address for a Plenary Session at the World Congress of Jewish Studies XV, Jerusalem, 2009.

“Deus ex Machina: The Role of the Prophetic Voice in Ezra 5:1.” Invited address to the Canadian Society for Biblical Studies, May 24-26 at Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.

“Because of the Dread Upon Them.” The World of the Achaemenid Empire – Conference of the Iran Heritage Foundation, London, September 29- October 1, 2005.

“From Optimism to Doubt – Jewish Encounters with the Other.” Session on Jewish Responses to Hellenism in the 4th Century BCE, World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, July 31-Aug. 4, 2005. Invited address.

“Respondent on a Panel Discussion of my The Priest and the Great King.” Persian Period Group. National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 2004. Invited respondent.

“The Status of Megiddo in the Persian Empire.” The Megiddo Excavations, Israel, July 2004. Invited address.

“Who Wrote Ezra-Nehemiah? And Why Did They?” Paper presented at the National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Nov. 2003, Atlanta.